Part of a hyperbole exercise, it asked students to complete a sentence. Two of the ten sentences read; Amy was so fat that? And Sally is so skinny that?

Those questions in particular were upsetting to Melissa Sigman, whose son attends A.C. Alexander in Kenner.

"They could have come up with so many better examples than that," Sigman said.

She took her concerns straight to the Jefferson Parish School Board, as well as, administrators at her son's school.

"They were very apologetic and said they would make sure it was removed from instruction in the future," said Sigman.

President of the Jefferson Federation of Teachers, Meladie Munch said, even more shocking, was how that kind of language even made it to print.

"I think it's rather disappointing that a publishing company would publish something like this for children. I think the responsibility, for the most part, lies with the publisher because they should have known better," Munch said.

According to school officials, Sigman said the exercise was not part of the controversial Common Core curriculum, however, Munch said more than ever teachers and principals are under pressure to develop their own materials and that could have led to the oversight.

"It's a shame, I feel bad for them too; I'm sure, being a teacher, your intent is not to hurt children in any way shape or form," Much said.

Sigman said in her opinion the exercise could be taken out of context and may upset a child dealing with issues involving their body image.

"It's almost like a form of bullying," Sigman said. "Kids these days have enough to worry about."

WDSU did reach out to the publisher, Macmillan Publishing, but we have yet to receive a response.